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Derek Slinchak

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Summary

Proactive and goal-oriented professional with strong time management and problem-solving skills. Recognized for reliability and adaptability, with a quick ability to learn and apply new skills. Committed to utilizing these qualities to drive team success and make meaningful contributions to organizational growth.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Hub Operations Manager

GE Vernova
02.2022 - Current
  • Managing day to day operations of multiple wind farm sites.
  • Focus on wind sites optimal performance.
  • Maintained a safe working environment by enforcing strict adherence to safety protocols and guidelines.
  • Managed daily scheduling of staff assignments.
  • Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
  • Oversaw the hiring, onboarding, and training of new employees, fostering a team-oriented work culture.
  • Developed strong relationships with vendors and supplies, ensuring a high standard of product is delivered and maintained.

Lead Senior Technician, Planned Work and Remote Sites

GE
10.2020 - 02.2022
  • Leading team in daily safety talks
  • Planning and scheduling of maintenance and unplanned work
  • Ordering maintenance consumables, tooling inventory for Shepard’s Flat and remote sites
  • Managing planned spend per turbine and per maintenance cycle with management
  • Coordinating meetings for SQC’s and maintenance kick off
  • Analyzing site trends to proactively address faults and safety critical warnings
  • Monitoring and communicating the most current TIL’s, ETC’s, WDI’s and Maintenance Documents
  • Utilizing smart sheet and excel spreadsheets for sites tracking
  • Inputting and tracking MAL events
  • Being the main technical point of contact for remote sites customer representatives (Baywa, CEP and Deshaw)
  • Knowledge of workflow process for scheduling MCE, Blade repair, uptower repair, manpower requests through Salesforce
  • Providing monthly customer reports including parts cap tracking
  • Familiar with Warranty process for parts on new turbines

Wind Technician III, South Hurlburt

GE
06.2018 - 10.2020
  • Planned and unplanned service of wind turbines
  • Site leadership team member
  • Introduced and implemented the2-day2-man maintenance
  • Perform Lead duties during site leads absence
  • Creating PAC cases and utilizing site trackers
  • Lead site productivity/availability weekly meetings utilizing Microsoft Teams

TPM Auditor

GE
02.2017 - 06.2018
  • Auditing GE wind sites of North America to the standards set in place
  • Training and educating Site Quality Coordinators and maintenance technicians to standards and best practices
  • Setting up and leading weekly meetings utilizing Skype
  • Creating audit reports utilizing Tableau, Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Implementing new productivity ideas to lower costs of maintenance on GE wind sites

Wind Technician I & II, South Hurlburt

GE
11.2014 - 02.2017
  • Planned and unplanned service of2.75 MW PMG wind turbines
  • Site Quality Coordinator
  • Performed annual maintenance on2.75 MW PMG wind turbines
  • Performed technical support for teams daily

DC Voltage Electrician

Ochoco Manufacturing Company
07.2014 - 11.2014
  • Reading and Writing of DC Voltage electrical schematics
  • Work as a team and independently to install electrical wiring and components in service water trucks
  • Fabricating and installed control consoles

Tower Technician

North Sky Communications
06.2014 - 07.2014
  • Installing wireless telecommunications antenna’s and wiring on cellular towers
  • Performed daily Job Hazard Analysis (JSA’s)
  • Working in teams

Education

Completion Certificate -

Northwest Renewable Energy Institute
03.2014

Skills

  • Focus on site availability, productivity, and performance
  • Operations management
  • Reliability
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Customer relations
  • Technical skills
  • Performance evaluation and monitoring
  • Time management
  • Quality assurance
  • Staff scheduling

Timeline

Hub Operations Manager

GE Vernova
02.2022 - Current

Lead Senior Technician, Planned Work and Remote Sites

GE
10.2020 - 02.2022

Wind Technician III, South Hurlburt

GE
06.2018 - 10.2020

TPM Auditor

GE
02.2017 - 06.2018

Wind Technician I & II, South Hurlburt

GE
11.2014 - 02.2017

DC Voltage Electrician

Ochoco Manufacturing Company
07.2014 - 11.2014

Tower Technician

North Sky Communications
06.2014 - 07.2014

Completion Certificate -

Northwest Renewable Energy Institute

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